- Apitd_api_top_bar_template::update_key
- Apitd_api_top_bar_template::update
- Apitd_api_single_template::update_key
- Apitd_api_single_template::update
- Apitd_api_footer_template::update_key
- Apitd_api_footer_template::update
- Apitd_api_smart_list::update_key
- Apitd_api_smart_list::update
- Apitd_api_thumb::update_key
- Apitd_api_thumb::update
- Apitd_api_category_top_posts_style::update_key
- Apitd_api_category_top_posts_style::update
- Apitd_api_category_template::update_key
- Apitd_api_category_template::update
- Apitd_api_module::update_key
- Apitd_api_module::update
- Apitd_api_block::update_key
- Apitd_api_block::update
- Apitd_api_header_style::update_key
- Apitd_api_header_style::update
Of course, you do still have the old names in the shortcodes showing up, so you could just go each one and update the name of the shortcode. Actually might be faster than recreating them all. Just my 2 cents.
Correct. The update log for 1.5 stated some block identifiers were changed and advised you to record your blocks before updating so you could make the updates.

Good luck.
Did you update the plugin directly? NewsMag 1.5 came also with an updated version of the social counter plugin in the plugins folder – you have to update that manually (ftp) and separately from the theme.
See if that helps.
The tagdiv social counter has changed since the update;
– there is now no spacing above the title
– The font is changed (larger size and in black)
Compare the widget on my website and your demo and you will see the difference whichhappened after the update, how do I fix this?
website: http://www.ocreurope.com
Hello Lucian,
Thanks for the tips. All things I have looked into.
I will dig into this a bit more and update this thread when I locate the direct cause.
Thank you for your fast response!
Lucian,
I think you need to include a help document in the downloads for the theme EXPLAINING how the Visual Composer update process works, as this has become the most asked, almost daily question on both forums. And add the doc to the right side under documentation. Seriously. 🙂
Hi,
1. We will take a look at this and fix if we find some issue, please also test this without plugins!
2. I’ve noticed that some of this errors come from your plugins so I suggest you also check if you still get this errors without any plugins active.
Please also rename the short codes via SQL: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-newsmag-to-1-5/
The get header error occurs when you try to access the theme’s index.php file directly and this is caused by the theme’s inability to locate the WordPress get_header function as it dose not passed trough WordPress when the request is made and in that case the function doesn’t “exist”.
You can read more about this and also have a solution for this here: http://ardamis.com/2011/06/02/fix-for-php-fatal-error-get_header-in-wordpress/
3. Try this css: http://screencast.com/t/nzVXqmuL
.td_related_posts .td-next-prev-wrap {
bottom: -40px;
left: 20px;
top: auto;
right: auto;
}
Thanks
Hi,
Try to disable the rest of the plugins, update Visual Composer to 4.4.2, activate it and check if the issue is still there. If it’s not please send an email at contact@tagdiv.com , paste a link to this conversation and provide the url and wp-admin and ftp access so i can take a look.
Thank you, Emil G.
Hi,
Visual Composer is updated in this theme version. Please make sure that you remove the VC plugin then use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/ and install the plugin from the /plugins folder that was provided within your theme files.
If you updated the plugin you should have version 4.4.2 and also VC is tested with the theme.
The problem with Ad box is not related to Visual Composer. We have renamed some shortcodes to improve the performance. So just edit your page and change to the Classic View and find td_ad_box and replace td_block_ad_box: http://screencast.com/t/Da8k0HHtSD
Or add a new “Ad box” block instead of the block that doesn’t work anymore.
Hope this helps and sorry for inconvenience!
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
I suspect that in the child theme you changed some of the files that were updated in v.1.5
You have to also update those files in the child theme and add the custom modifications again.
Also make sure you updated the plugins. The shortcodes shouldn’t be a problem, they will just appear on page as a code, you have to locate them and manually modify them to the new format or use the SQL query (in phpmyadmin) to automatically replace them in the database – http://screencast.com/t/G1SwZNDb
Thank you, Emil G.
Hi,
Unfortunately the theme doesn’t have an option for this and you would need custom work this as it is not an easy task. We cannot offer custom work as we work hard on the development, updates, fixes and support but you can always get a freelancer from sites like: http://studio.envato.com/ if you don’t know how to do it yourself.
Sorry fore the inconvenience!
Thanks for the message!
Hi,
Why you do not update visual composer plugin? So we can avoid this error
Hi,
In this theme update we have renamed some shortcodes:
– td_ad_box -> td_block_ad_box
– td_authors -> td_block_authors
– td_homepage_full_1 -> td_block_homepage_full_1
– td_popular_categories -> td_block_popular_categories
– td_video_vimeo -> td_block_video_vimeo
– td_video_youtube -> td_block_video_youtube
– td_text_with_title -> td_block_text_with_title
– td_slide -> td_block_slide
– td_social_counter -> td_block_social_counter
So the renamed widgets have to be re added to each sidebar after this update. Make sure that you backup your database and if possible get the widget list from your sidebars.
Rename the short codes via SQL: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-newsmag-to-1-5/
An alternate solution is to rename the shortcodes manually in your pages: http://screencast.com/t/Da8k0HHtSD
Thanks!
Hi,
Please make sure that you remove the VC plugin then use this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/ and install the plugin from the /plugins folder that was provided within your theme files.
Thanks!
Hi,
The next version of the VC plugin will be included within the theme files in the next update. Unfortunately I can’t provide an estimation of that.
Thanks
Hi,
Please use this installation guide and use the FTP method to upload theme files: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-theme/ To add plugins please use this guide and do the same for each plugin, upload and install it from the /plugins folder that was provided together with the theme files: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
Thanks!
Hello
Some issues noticed with 1.5 version updates
1) We noticed one second delay in whole site installation, WP-Admin – site front page as well.
2) In the error log file we also found some PHP errors. Please get this errors fixed as soon as possible.
`2015/01/30 07:02:57 [error] 19389#0: *2940 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method td_block::inner() in /var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/includes/wp_booster/td_ajax.php on line 154
PHP message: PHP Stack trace:
PHP message: PHP 1. {main}() /var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:0
PHP message: PHP 2. do_action() /var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:95
PHP message: PHP 3. call_user_func_array:{/var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-includes/plugin.php:496}() /var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-includes/plugin.php:496
PHP message: PHP 4. td_ajax_block() /var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-includes/plugin.php:496" while reading response header from upstream, client: 92.90.16.190, server: example.com, request: "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9000", host: "www.example.com", referrer: "http://www.example.com/2015/01/25/melchior-productiond-ltd-meditations-1-3-ep-flac/"
2015/01/30 07:38:55 [error] 19384#0: *8832 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function get_header() in /var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/index.php on line 6
PHP message: PHP Stack trace:
PHP message: PHP 1. {main}() /var/www/example.com/htdocs/wp-content/themes/Newsmag/index.php:0" while reading response header from upstream, client: 54.194.125.10, server: example.com, request: "HEAD /wp-content/themes/Newsmag/ HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://127.0.0.1:9000", host: "www.example.com""`
3) It’s not possible to change the line height on module related articles. From theme panel is not change. All settings are to default. The navigation also moved from top to bottom of the panel. See also this image
Kindly review this and let me know.
Best Regards
Hi,
I’ve checked your site and found that you use the normal slider on your homepage for which you can change the title excerpt from here: http://screencast.com/t/vNf7AknffP86
For the big slider you can use the theme panel: http://screencast.com/t/zvhuEyXz3
We will also plan to add an option for settings the excerpt on normal slide also in next theme updates.
Thanks
Hi,
We have changed the shortcode for slider from td_slide -> td_block_slide. Sorry for inconvenience!
So after you update the theme you have to re add the slider using Visual Composer plugin or you can change to the Classic mode and replace the shortcode manually for the slide you already have: http://screencast.com/t/kHCvHz1nWTPl
Also to rename all the shortcodes from versions older than 1.5: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-newsmag-to-1-5/
An alternate solution is to rename the shortcodes manually like shortcode for slider.
Thanks!
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
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This reply was modified 11 years by
Alin [tagDiv].
Hi,
Just search and change in the code that Lucian provided to you td_ad_box with td_block_ad_box: http://screencast.com/t/emhXth36SM
We have changed some shortcodes on this update: http://screencast.com/t/moj0NT9CKvX
Sorry for inconvenience!
Thanks!
Hi,
The theme doesn’t have an option for that and you will need additional customization for it as it’s not easy. Unfortunately we cannot offer any custom work at this time as we work hard on development, updates, fixes, and support so you would have to get a freelancer from sites like: http://studio.envato.com/ if you don’t know how to do it yourself.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
Thanks
Hello
i just downloaded the newest version of Newsmag from themeforest and i successfully updated the theme files.
Next, i try to update the Visual Composer plug-in, but after install and activate.. i got blank page of my website. if i delete the Visual Composer plug-in, it back to normal, so what to do now??
pls help. thanks.
Hi,
Thanks Chris!
@Luciferbui
I have checked your homepage page source and seems that you have an description meta tag now: http://screencast.com/t/LUKKduF1VEW and the google webmaster tool preview shows your homepage description: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/richsnippets?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbizzaviet.com%2F
I suggest you give it some time to update then check again.
Thanks
Hi,
Thanks Chris!
@WriterChicky Have you managed to solve this as I have checked your site and seems that the view counter works now, both on your homepage and posts too. Please note though that I have tested this by downloading the page every time to avoid cache because as Christopher noted above the post counter doesn’t work with cache.
The ajax post view option was added from version 4.2 of the theme: http://screencast.com/t/h7anh3o2 so if you are not using a theme version newer than 4.2 and want to use the counter and cache also I suggest you update your theme to the latest version then activate the option from theme panel > post settings: http://screencast.com/t/dEasrZOoB then check again.
Use this guide to update the theme and the FTP method: https://forum.tagdiv.com/how-to-update-the-theme/
Use this guide to update the VC plugin: https://forum.tagdiv.com/update-the-visual-composer-plugin-wpbakery/
Thanks
ok, I’m waiting for the update , thanks